What it's about: In 1990, shortly after her fifth birthday, Wayétu Moore and her family fled the First Liberian Civil War, eventually settling in Texas, where Moore grappled with her identity as a black immigrant and feelings of displacement.
For fans of: heartrending and reflective immigration stories like Thi Bui's illustrated memoir The Best We Could Do.
About the author: Moore is the author of She Would Be King, a Booklist Editors' Choice Best Fiction Book of 2018.